Seal



0. A. ROSS May 27, 1930.

SEAL

Filed June 25, 1927 1N VENTOR f is made moreldiificult. I Another object is to furnish an ornamental. 20-c0vering=for1 screws, bo1t'sf,-' nuts, or similar fasteners,--wher eby ordinary low cost'ffastenv Anotherzobject-is' to furn'sh 'z0;saidfasteners areafiixedfl s -i1 Anothcrpbject is to :furnish'a covering, or sgsealfor fasteners which may be shaped w ed Ma F.

OSCAR A, Boss, OELVNIEW'YQBK, n.

SEAL

: Application-fil ed June 25,

" This invention relates to seals and more particularly to that class of seals comprising a v cap or cover of unit structure to be attached to the heads. of-fasteners, as for example '5 screws, or.bo1ts-, or similar fasteners after said fasteners have been finally secured to place. I

, Oneof the'prime objects of this invention is to provide an ornamental seal comprising a one piece-sealof low-cost for covering the -heads-=of. scr ews and=bolts, or nuts and olt.

ends;or similar-protrusions.

' Anotherl'obiect is fIl i a smli0121{heI.v heads of screws and 9 $rQ endsiand" nuts", oryfsimilar fasteners employed for se.

--curing building, or other hardware, or ar-' of'same-by theft H p k p I semii soft surface, and, Figure i'is a'sectional tieles, whereby. the removal ers may be employed at all points, jfwhereas 5; :the coveringsmayibe selected :as to finish of athe particularihardwaranr article lto be sea I I p j other'modifiedjfolfm of seal, p I eal, or cov Bring-forj-fasteners upon which a monogram may-be.stamped to-represe1it.theparticularmanufacturer,.;or abode, .or articleito which f I fie i m'prr a pp 2 cured by' sjaid-ordinary;fasteners form to-best suit the design, of the particular I -article, abode, or contour towhicii'-. .the as- -=.fl, r. 2 4 f 3 Q hlfwbict en ed n ag p-P' as thedescriptio'n .Ofthe invention progresses,"

and lth'e'noyel features of the invention will 7 be pointed out the appended claims, 40

' -'.a'fterithusis claimed, divers changes form,"proportions, size and minor details'of "face, and, Figure 3,1'i's a "simil'a This invention c'on'sis'tsin' the novel "con structio'n and arrangement of parts h'er'inafter described;;de1ineated"in the; accompany;

ing drawings,and-particnlarlypointedo :that portion o'fthisinstruxnent wherein p fentablenoveltyjs'claimedgfor'cerfit alinan culiar features ofthe device,. it being stood;thatgswithinfihe;scope of what here comprises reform rolling or spinning portion 5 lnwardly to 192' saris 1E0; v from the T'spirit of, or sacrificing any of the detailsof the invention". j

In describing the'invent'ion in" detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawings,

wherein I have illustrated embodiment'sTof my invention, and, wherein" like ch'a'r'acters of reference, designate corresponding? parts throughout" the severa lfviewsf and, in whichzfi H r v M y Figure l, isa sectional' view ofone form of seal' befor'e';applicationto fastener, and, I "'*'leyational View of the sa fesaliasafipii the head ofwhichimpingcsupri similar seal as applied to" a fastenerythe head of which impinges upon' 'a wood, or other View offa inodifiedffoim ofseal before application; toglaj faste'ner, "a l id,f FigureI5- is a partsectional, I part elevationa'l -vievwof-the saine ,a part'se'ctionah partblevational new of the same seal applied to afastener th head of other semies up'onawo'od I I another mod1- mag-Figure '8' astener, and Figure.

lar toricallyffor nedpo i, I. o vver edge of which adjoins" ar y diagonally i'pdrtin ssiby p' tubin is em "loy'e to as for example, a metal r surface 9 of metal late 9- as form the frustro conical locking rim as shown by solid lines in Fig. 1. 1

-Whenthe head 6 of a fastener, as 7 is to be sealed, a seal as 1, is placed over said head wher eafter-it is a bed with a tool as 8,, El; a short length of steel comprising refera su p Re err-iii of seals.

iedwith eachpacka astener as: T

to Fig. 2, where a building hardware framing'as 10, a was the impinging surface 6 vided b the washer 11. As the tool; 8-v driven ownwardly' the annular section 3 3 also restrained downwardly whereby the tongue 5'' of locking rim 5 is restrained to .pass under the; impmgngg 6 and between mam surface" 6*; of head ace andi.v surface 9. of metalplate 9 in this: manner effecting a seal over the head. 6; offscrew or fastener 7.

' As the locking rim i is to pass between the surfaces: 6? and 9!", it becomes i an efiective surfaces Pl ld 6 ofa fastener 8S7, the im- :P g gmhee 16' of on a Referring-to Fig. 3, when a is apsemi-soft surface as; ior'example wood the aimher ll isomittedasitisfonndtheto e into the sur ace 10' and will also berestrained to pass under e mp g between said surface and the surfacelO' in this manner securely locking portion-13 the outer the annular torically outer edge of which adjoins another 'I'onto head-6 of fastener 7 :as shown formed from ,a metal blank an comprises the formed cap or crown portion 2, the base of which 'adjoinsthe frustro conical annular of which adjoins. formed portion 14, the

. 1 u t rtion having tongue 15 Seal 12..is.also formed complete ne stamping h hmp fc s 13,11 1.1 a n u wardly to own by; Fig; 4. '5' This b mp ns ir rr 1 iRefe'rringgto V ,i'gj'whena 12, isto; applied to a'fastenerhead as 6,'said seal a '1 -f splfiwio r ,S idfh dafi r 8118' driyendow nwardly on. i .thes'e'a'l' islcckediontohea s as shownin s r to l driven-downwardly ed w a lmw w e formic? verti portion 17 and the base of. cap; pun corrugated radially, in forming 6 of hea'd6 and bep strained downwardly. It is foundin practice that the substantially m a vertical; plane, thexdimen: sion Y of Fig. 5, bein substantially thersame as dimension X of ighit. A a result the:

rtion 14 moves downwardly annular portion 13 is restrained inwardly? and is caused to corrugate asshown imFi'gzhi. Assthe tool 8; restrains 14%; downwardly thetongu'e 1 5is forced under thaheadfi' andv isfirmly clam dbetwe'emim 'inging surface 6 'and the sur ace 10 of member 10 asshown. inFi 5. Iffthe seal 1%; flre to be-ems ploye overa fastener headline-=6, impinging:

on. a metal surface, a washen;,asa11, wouljdilie:

employed asshown in Fig. 3m

similar portion 19, theqgentions l8 and 1&9

the flange 20; seal 16;. The

.tion 2- form a lockiixgrin 21. In forming .seal16, thefirst operation forms the cap 2 as shown, the portrom17 and 18 in a continuous. horizontal plane, and the portion. 19 extending In' the next operation the portion 19 is preferably rolled or spun inwardly to form flange 20 and thereafter said flange is preferably rolled, or spun diagonally upwardly to form the finished seal as shown in Fig. 6.

cally upwardly.

' Referring to Fig. 7 when a seal as 16 is to i be attached to a fastener head as 6, said seal is laced over said head whereafter a tool as Fig}. 1 h a 8, IS drive'n'downwardlyi on fiange20 until fe rring'to"Figs. 4 and 5 the seal-12 is the seal 16 is locked onto the head. 6, as shown ly the locking tongue 21. is depresed into the surface 10 whereafter continued downward movement of tool 8 causes flange20 'to move downwardly. As this last named movement occurs the flange20 resists movement outwardly and as a result the locking tongue 21 Referring to Fig. 8,'the flat head seal 22 is of substantially the same locking structure as seal 1 of Figs. 1,2 and 3, except that vthe annular flat portion 3;; V For attaching seal 22 over-the flat head- 23 of fastener 24, a tool as 25- is employed, similar to tool 8, except that a recess 26 is formed in the lower end for the purpose ofallocating the tool 25 onto' seal '22 before looking said seal into placeon head23. .7,

, Figure9illustrates substantially, atop view of any one of the seals-"shown Figs. vi'to 8 ,105 in Fig. 7. I As the tool 8 is driven downwardcap portion 22 is flatandin a plane with, the P inclusive after it has been applied to a fastener as 7 or 23. 7

Whereas only roundheaded and flat headed seals have been shown it is obvious that many other shapes may be employed, some of which are illustrated in my co-pending application Ser. No. 181,810 filed Apr. 7th, 1927.

What I claim is 1. Anarticle adapted to heap lied to the exposed portion of a removable astener for preventing molestation thereof which comprises ;.a cap portion arranged toform an enclosure for the exposed portion of the fastener, an annular portion surrounding the cap portion, an inverted frustro conical portion joined to the annular portion, the .frustro conical portion being constrained to enter an annular space between the surface of the sub structure into which the fastener is inserted Y and the upper portion of the fastener to form a seal therebetween.

2. An article arranged to be secured to the exposed portion of a removable fastener which comprises; a head portion arranged. to conceal the exposed portion of the fastener, a frustro conical annular portion. surrounding the headportion, and 'an intermediateportion formed at the base of the head portion for joining thefrustro conical annular portion and the head portion together to'form the seal.

3. An article'arranged to be applied to the exposed portion of a removable fastener which comprises; a head body portion arranged to conceal the exposed portion of the fastener, a. substantially flat annular body portion the inner circumferential portion of which is joined to the o'uter circumferential portion of the head bod portion and a frustro conical annular body portion the outer circumferential portion of which is joined to the outer circumferential portion of the flat annular body portion.

4. An article arranged to be applied to the exposed portion of a removable fastener which comprises; a head body portion arranged to conceal the exposed portion of the fastener, an intermediate body portion the inner circumferential portion of which is constrained to enter between. the exposed portion of the fastener and the surface of the substance into which the fastener is inserted.

6. An article of manufacture adapted to be applied to the exposed ortion of a removablefastener with a too which comprises, a

completely formed central portion arranged to form the enclosure for the exposed portlon of the fastener, and a semi-formed inverted frustro-conicali portion surrounding the com pletely formed portion having alocking portion formed thereon arranged to be constrained to enter. between the exposed portion of the fastener and the surface upon which the exposed portion normally seats as the semi-formed portion is completely 7 with the tool for locking the article to' the fastener,

In testimony whereof, he has signed-his name to this specification this 22nd day of June, 1927.

formed OSCAR A. ROSS.

joined to the outer circumferential portion .of g thehead body portion, and a frustro conical "annular body portion the outer circumferential portion of which isjoined to the outer circumferential portion of the intermediate body portion.

5. An article of manufacture arranged. to beap lied to the exposed portion of a removable astener after the fastener has been secured in place which comprises; a completely formed central body portion arranged to form the enclosure for t the fastener, and a frustro-conical semiformed locking rimvjportion surrounding the completely formed body portion arranged to be completely formed as a portion thereof is e exposed portionof 

